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Frequent sneezing in cats can be an indication of a bacterial, fungal, or viral infection. Usually, the sneezing will be accompanied by other symptoms when one of these is the culprit.
Feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) is an upper respiratory or pulmonary infection of cats caused by Feline herpesvirus, also called Feline herpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1), of the family Herpesviridae. It is also commonly referred to as feline influenza , feline coryza , and feline pneumonia but, as these terms describe other very distinct collections of ...
A feline zoonosis is a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematode or arthropod infection that can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus.Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonotic pathogens transmitted by cats.
Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a virus of the family Caliciviridae that causes disease in cats. It is one of the two important viral causes of respiratory infection in cats, the other being Felid alphaherpesvirus 1. FCV can be isolated from about 50% of cats with upper respiratory infections. [2]
Sneezing is not confined to humans or even mammals. Many animals including cats, [32] dogs, [33] chickens [34] and iguanas [35] sneeze. African wild dogs use sneezing as a form of communication, especially when considering a consensus in a pack on whether or not to hunt. [36] Some breeds of dog are predisposed to reverse sneezing.
Although she noted that testing is optional, meaning that cats who might show symptoms may not be tested for the virus and there could be more infected cats out there. Related: Cats in the U.S.
Other causes may just be cats licking out of boredom, as the most common infection is E. coli and other bacteria from the cat's GI tract—or a dirty litter box that the cat does not want to use ...
Cat flu is the common name for a feline upper respiratory disease, which can be caused by one or more possible pathogens: Feline herpes virus, causing feline viral rhinotracheitis (cat common cold; this is the disease most associated with the "cat flu" misnomer), Feline calicivirus, Bordetella bronchiseptica (cat kennel cough), or